how to install a toilet in basement?

Question

I have what look like pipes for a toilet and shower in my basement floor. They stick up about 4 or 5 inches. They are currently filled with cement.

Was this standard practice in '69?

How far would the cement be down in the pipe?

Should I be able to get under the cement if I cut off at the floor level to install a toilet flange?

To Donnie: Yeah, that's what I'm trying to avoid. Depending on how far the cement goes down, I may not even screw with it.

To Corky: No, they go to the sewer, Im quite sure of it. As do the rest of the drains (upstairs shower, toilet, sinks) that come through the 1st floor into my basement floor. I also have drains in my basement floor.

To Champ: Sweet. That's what I was looking for. Thanks.

Answer 1

Back in the day they stuffed a rag in the pipe to be capped and poured cement a few inches to close the pipe. You'll have to be extremely careful not to let anything fall into the pipe, and you'll have to retrieve whatever they placed in the pipe to support the cement. If you are successful, you will have to test the line and possibly snake it to be sure it's viable. I would not cut the pipe until the material was pulled out, it might fall into the line GL.

Answer 2

Not sure about the plumbing practices in 69' pertaining to toilets in basements, but I can tell you that if you think those pipes go to a septic or sewer system, you're probably wrong. That would mean that your septic, (if you live in the country), would have to be buried with the bottom of the tank at approximately 15 - 18 feet deep. That's a big hole and would be extraordinarily tough to pump out or repair. City sewer lines don't usually run that deep either. The more common scenario would be for them to run to a smaller tank, buried somewhere under the cement, where you could immerse an sewage pump, which would work like a sump pump, only larger. That would, in turn, pump the sewage and grey water, up to a sewer or septic tank line to then leave the basement. It won't be cheap.

Answer 3

The cement was put in the pipes to keep the sewer gas out of the house.

You may have to cut the pipe then chip out the cement.

Answer 4

i do no longer know appropriate to the plastic flanges or how they're linked. On forged iron pipe the flange suits on the exterior. Then the distance between became into packed with rope nicely-called(Oakum). After this molten lead became into poured in the joint. whilst it cooled it became into hammered to seal the relationship.

Answer 5

wow man. Its a lot of work. All i can say is good luck lol